Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-05
Resolve relating to settlers on lands in

Gaslight Co.
Bill an act to amend chap. As of the re
Vised statutes, ralsting TO the organization OF
corporations. As amended by the House
Bill an act to amend chap. 267 of the
special laws of 1880, relating TO the Bridgtor
and Presumpscot River Railroad Co.
7 Bill an act for the collection Of statistic,
relating to the forests Of the State.
! PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
Bill an act to incorporate the Pennington
Water Co.
Bill an act to incorporate the Rocklsnd
Electric Light and Gas Power Company.
Bill an act TO incorporate the Westbrook
Trust Co.
Bill an act to incorporate the Bangor Loan
and Trust Co.
Bill an act TO incorporate the Limerick
Loan and Trust Co.
Bill an act te amend chap. A.. revised
statutes, relating to loan and building asso-
Citations.
Bill an act to incorporate the Bar Hsrbor
Banking and Trust Co.
Bill an act TO divide the town of Pittston
and to incorporate the town Of West Pitts
ton.
Bill an act to amend an act incorporating Q
the city of Watervile
The Senate resumed consideration of the
reports of the Committee on Labor in the
matter of the bills to regulate the hours of
labor.
Mr.. Gushee of Knox, as member of the
committee signing the report favoring the
Heath bill, advocated that report. He re.
viewed the recent history of the attempts at
labor legislation and of the action of the dem
ocratic and republican parties in their conven
tions with reference to the subject. The
TnA Ia had Il H.
that should not be a dead letter, the exlgen-
cles OF the times demanded it, and both po.
litical parties hal promised it. He did not
believe there was any conflict between the
interests OF labor and capital, for he thought
their interests identical; but it was between
labor and monopoly. There had been cen.
trailzatlon OF great wealth and the people had
been despoiled of their rights He believed in
protection to American labor but the pro-
lection we give to monopolies results in such
protection to the laboring class as vutures
give to lambs. He called attention to what
he claimed to be the condition of the laboring
classes In manufacturing establishments, and
also to the petitions representing thousands
OF people who ask for general ten hour law
and submitted that these petitioners and the
labor convention which met in this city had
been ignored by the bill of the majority, and
acceded to. He characterized the bill of the
majority as q msconceived monstrosity, and
as having been emssculated and evis cerated.
If teeth were ever in it they had been ex-
tracted by amendments. He did not claim
that the bill which he supported embodied all
the wishes or demands of the laboring people
but contended that it came nearer the mark
than the majority measure. He closed W itl
an appeal that the prayer of the people should
be no longer disregarded and that a general
law be enacted, contending that if it should
be found to be unwIse legislation the people
: would remedy it in the future.
Mr.. Daggett of Piscataquis advocated the
majority report, taking the ground that there
} should be distinction made between men
and women in the matter of labor laws, be
cause of the weak physical condition of the
latter, and that law applicable to women
was public necessity. He pointed out that
the bill of the minority would work great in
justice 90 sections of the State such as his,
where there were few mills. but mauv out
door industries, like the slate quarries, where
they could work only eight hours in the win
ter and were obliged to make longer DAYS in
the summer to make up for the loss He
thought if the Heath bill could apply only to
the employees of mills that it would not be
Objectionable to him. But in his judgment the
time had notyet come to pass general law.
On motion of Mr.. Gilbert a recess was
taken until o'clock p. M.
AFTERNOON.
On motion of Mr. Heath, bill an act to in
corporate the Kennebec Trust Company, ant
resolve relating to the reward offered for the
arrest and delivery into custody of Calvin c.
Graves and James n. Mcfarland, were taker
from the table and passed to be engrossed.
n, - L.
ing chapter 81, section 1903, of the revised
statutes. relating to Limitation of actions, was
taken from the table,. House amendment
adopted, and passed to be engrossed under
suspension of the rule.
On motion of Mr.. Lumbert, resolve reterr
ing the establishment of a reformatory prison
to the Governor and Conncil was taken from
the table and passed to be engrossed.
The Senate resumed consideration of tn,
labor bills under consideration at the Close
of the forenoon session.
Mr. Gilbert advocated the Looney bill, op
, posing the minority measure as somethip,
which the laboring men do not desire and a.
, detrimental to the large business interests o.
the State.
Mr.. Cole objected to the majority bill a
discriminating between the sexes.
Mr.. Heath then proceeded to criticise thu
provisions of the Looney bill.
Mr.. Lumbert replied, defending the meas
, ure.
On motion of Mr.. Heath, the question o
: substituting the minority report for the ma
iority was taken by yea and nay vote, re
, sulting in the negative as follows:
YEA-Mes.rs. Cole, Flint, Goodnow, Gushes
Heath, Hinckey, Jones. Rich, Sleeper, Weymouth
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NAY-Messrs. Allen, Burrill, Daggett, Dunnel
Gilbert, Harmon. Hill, Libbey, Lord, Lumbert, Nor
cross Phair, Russell, Wallace, Wescott.-l5.
ABSENT OR Nor voTISG-Messrs. Kendall, Mich
J ols, Sargent, Simpson, Young.-5.
So the motion to substitute the minorit
report was lost
: Mr. Libbey moved to substitute the minor
ity report recommending the passage of tn
Bryant bill for the majority, and on this mo
ton yea and nay vote was taken on motio
of Mr.. Heath, resulting in the negative, a
follows:
. YEA-Messr. Flint, Libbey, Norcross.-3.
NAY Messrs Allen, Burril, Cole, Daggett, DHr
neH Gilbert, Goodnow, Gushee, Harmon, Heath
Hill, hinckley, Jones. Lord Lumbert, Phair, Rich
, Russell, Sleeper, Wallace. Wescott, Weymouth
81 ABSENT or NOT yoTIyG-hessrs. Kendall, Mich
OILS, sargent, Simpson, Young.-S.
So the motion was lost.
The majority report was then accepted
and the bill given its first reading.
On motion of Mr.. Heath, recess wa
taken until evening at half past o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
House amendment ga" was discussed b
Messrs. Lord, Heath, Lumbert and Dsgget
q and adopted. House amendments &c" an
s'F" were also adopted.
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